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Samuel A. Chambers

The Queer Politics of Television

Samuel A. Chambers

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English
I.B. Tauris
30 July 2009
Television; TV & society; Gay & Lesbian studies
Series: Reading Contemporary Television
The Queer Politics of Television is a radical book, which brings together the fields of political theory and television studies. In one of the first books to do so, Samuel A. Chambers exposes and explores the cultural politics of television by treating television shows - including Six Feet Under , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Desperate Housewives , The L Word , and Big Love - as serious, important texts and reading them in detail through the lens of queer theory. Chambers makes the case for the profound significance of 'the cultural politics of television': the way in which the text of a television show itself engages with the politics of its day. He argues for queer theory's essential contribution to any understanding of the political, and initiates a larger project of queer television studies, treading the same path as queer film studies. This book makes an important and fresh contribution to queer theory and to the understanding of television as politics.
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Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   290g
ISBN:   9781845116811
ISBN 10:   184511681X
Series:   Reading Contemporary Television
Pages:   254
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Queer Theory and the Cultural Politics of Television Chapter 1 Telepistemology of the Closet Chapter 2 The Alterity of the Present Chapter 3 From Representation to Norms: Reifying Heteronormativity Chapter 4 Desperately Straight: Subverting Heteronormativity Chapter 5 The Meaning of 'Family' Chapter 6 Marriage and The Queer Family Episode Guide Works Cited Index

Samuel A. Chambers teaches political theory at Johns Hopkins University. He writes broadly in political theory, including work on language, culture, and the politics of gender and sexuality. He is co-author, with Terrell Carver, of 'Judith Butler and Political Theory' (2008). He has also edited with Terrell Carver three recent volumes, 'Carole Pateman: Feminism, Democracy, Welfare' (2009), 'Judith Butler's Precarious Politics' (2008) and 'William Connolly: Democracy, Pluralism, and Political Theory' (2007).

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